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> It's clearly anti-market practice (in the sense that it adds information asymmetry between some part of the market and consumers in an attempt to keep prices
by anewvillager 7y ago
> It's clearly anti-market practice (in the sense that it adds information asymmetry between some part of the market and consumers in an attempt to keep prices higher), but it's being done by hundreds to thousands of manufacturers and it's real unclear on what criteria it'd be considered illegal.
If sellers are colluding to keep prices high.. isn't this just a cartel?
- shadowgovt 7y agoThey aren't colluding to keep prices high; they're each individually deciding what their MAP should be, but the minimum MAP in the system may be higher than the minimum some consumer is willing to sell for, so that sale offer won't show up on an online shopping center.